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Salford's answer to Pavarotti with a debut album 'The Voice' establishing him as a major international tenor. After starting in the pubs and working men's clubs of the north west of England, he's notched up unprecedented chart success on both sides of the Atlantic; has sung for the likes George W Bush and the Pope; and has performed more times at Wembley than Beckham and Owen.

To date, Russell has won four Classical BRIT Awards and has sold over eight million records worldwide. He is also the first artiste to hold simultaneous number ones in the USA and the UK.